What we are up to


Doctor, doctor

27/01/09
by Nick Holloway

After reading Robin Brown’s blog about Doctor Who’s visit to Liverpool in 1996, it appears the televisual time traveller is back......although what he’s doing outside of a place selling garden sheds I don’t know. Perhaps he’s after a nice shed to replace the trademark police box - call it a Granddad-like affectation to off-set the fact that his latest incarnation, at 26, is the youngest yet.I’m also.. More


PoGo a go-go...?

26/01/09
by Nick Holloway

I’ve been trying to think of a witty headline for the news that Polaroid unveiled it’s latest bit of kit - a combined digital camera and instant printer named the PoGo - at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. ’Polaroid To Know Better,’ maybe, but even said in a heavy Brooklyn accent that’s scraping the pun barrel, I know.My undying gratitude and a box of Cadbury’s Roses to the person.. More


Chinese Burns

25/01/09
by Nick Holloway

A video for anyone who, like me, is taking the proximity of Burns Night and Chinese New Year as an excuse to celebrate them together More


Dish of the day

24/01/09
by Nick Holloway

A comment on the fast food industry? A message to dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets? A new street art movement? (I choose the word movement there with care). Or just a childish prank?Either way, this poo on a fork (spotted by a friend on Greenbank Road, Liverpool) reminded me of a man who, according to an obituary in The Guardian in 2006, ’was wont to carry chalk to draw faces around dog.. More


Cut the phone, bleed the radiators

23/01/09
by Nick Holloway

Sniffing around Facebook I found this rather lovely video of the title poem from Ross Sutherland’s debut collection, Things To Do Before You Leave Town. Ross has gigged for Mercy on what must be 50 occasions over the last few years and he’s never failed to turn in anything less than a stellar performance.Check out more of the man on Myspace and, when you’re through, buy his book here More